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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I put it to Ms Forbes, however, that having to move from one city to another is hardly voluntary.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extra funding allocated to improve the energy ratings of local authority homes in addition to that already provided under schemes that have been ongoing in recent years; the monitoring that takes place to ensure local authority tenants are protected from fuel poverty due to the condition of their homes; and if he will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: My question relates to the energy rating of local authority homes, many of which have very low energy ratings. This is in the context of climate change and fuel poverty, from which many tenants of local authority homes are at risk. I want to find out what moneys are made available to improve the quality of the homes and what monitoring is there to ensure that when works are carried out,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: While I appreciate the work being done in the midlands, it largely relates to a just transition for the workers. This is welcome for people living in the area but I am trying to find out how much additional money, on top of the ongoing schemes that have been in place since 2013, is being provided for people living in low energy efficiency homes in other parts of the country. Will the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Some of these homes are in a bad state and funding must be stepped up to protect people from fuel poverty. This additional money is a relatively small amount. For clarity, does the Minister of State's Department gather the information arising from the BER surveys carried out before and after works from the local authorities? Is such information centrally gathered by the Department?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the monitoring in place to ensure that local authority homes that have received a thermal upgrade reach an improved BER rating; if a survey is carried out to measure the improvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51802/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Coincidentally, this question is on the same topic. It is the first of the ordinary questions. It., again. relates to the BERs of local authority homes. I stress my concern that while people are waiting for additional funding to be allocated and for this work to be carried out, fuel costs are increasing for those who are, by definition, on low incomes because they are in local authority...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I ask for greater clarity in this regard. Is there a timeframe for the carrying out of a survey after the works are completed? To be clear, is the contractor paid before the final survey has been carried out?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: In some cases, despite basic works being carried out on attics and walls and so on, a home may still have a low energy rating because of leaking windows or other issues. I know the schemes are very specific but is it possible to allocate funding to carry out other works, such as works on windows or other elements, on such homes?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the promised new tenant purchase scheme will be published and activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51804/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a bit like waiting for the 32 bus in Portmarnock, which I learned recently comes very infrequently. We have been asking for this for a very long time. Could the Minister of State give us more precise information? Let me add to the point that most income has to come from employment. I know of somebody who is on a social welfare payment but who inherited money from a family member....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to reiterate Deputy O'Brien's question. It is an issue which I also mentioned. Could this provision be taken out of the major piece of work that is being done? We have been telling people over and over again that this review is coming soon. They come back and ask if we have any news, which we have not. These are people who have been living in their homes for many years and have a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant privately owned homes that have been brought back into use through programmes, including the repair and lease and the acquisition of vacant properties, through the Housing Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51803/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the number of sites listed on the vacant site registers of local authorities; his views on whether each site that should be on the register has been listed and is subject to the levy; if he will consider putting the onus of such sites to self-declare with appropriate penalties on those that fail to do...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (12 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance given to schools in respect of the granting of an exemption from Irish for a child with autism in primary schools that do not have a special autism class; if the rules have changed recently in this regard; if so, the way in which the change should be applied for children already in school who have not been engaging in Irish...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Are we dealing with the A subheads first? There is not a huge amount to be said.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the fact that the Supplementary Estimate is not very big. One probable reason is the fact that there was always uncertainty around the number of teachers who might retire and uncertainty in the special needs area. There is a small increase in SNA salaries. Can the Minister explain where that is coming from? We have a figure of €19.9 million for additional expenditure on...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does the Department have to pay the full amount or does the Department of Health pay some of it?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister might be inviting them to do so.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been made or is under consideration to the European Globalisation Fund further to the announcement of proposed job losses at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52783/19]